Developmental Stages in Middle and Late Adolescence PDF

PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT Developmental Stages in Middle and Late Adolescence Adolescence a developmental transition from childhood to adulthood. it involves biological, cognitive and socioemotional changes. A key task of adolescence is a preparation for...

PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT Developmental Stages in Middle and Late Adolescence Adolescence a developmental transition from childhood to adulthood. it involves biological, cognitive and socioemotional changes. A key task of adolescence is a preparation for adulthood (Santrock, 2008). Stages of Healthy Adolescent Development Characteristic Developmental Milestone and Tasks Early Adolescence Middle Adolescence Late Adolescence Categories (ages 12-14 years) (ages 15-16 years) (ages 17-19 years) Secondary sexual Secondary sexual Physical maturity characteristics appear characteristic and reproductive Physical Growth Puberty - Rapid advanced 95% of leveling off and growth period adult height reached ending Concrete thoughts Growth in abstract Abstract thought dominate - "here and thoughts; reverts to established now" concrete thoughts Future oriented; Intellectual/ cognition Cause and Effect when stressed. able to understand, (way of thinking) relationship is Cause-effect plan and pursue long underdeveloped relationship better range goals Stronger "self" than understood Philosophical and social awareness Very self-absorbed idealistic  Early Adolescence (ages Middle Adolescence (ages Late Adolescence (ages Categories 12-14 years) 15-16 years) 17-19 years) Challenge authority, family, antiparent Loneliness Conflict with family Emancipation: Wide mood swings predominates due to (Vocational/ technical, Autonomy Things of childhood ambivalence about college and/or work) rejected emerging independence. Adult lifestyle Argumentative and disobedient Preoccupation of physical changes and Less concern about critical of appearance physical changes but more Anxieties about concerned about personal Usually comfortable secondary sexual Body Image attractiveness with body image characteristics changes Excessive physical Peers as standards for activities alternating with normal appearance lethargy (comparison of self to peers) Strong peer allegiances - Decisions/values less Serves as developmental fad behaviors influenced by peers purpose Sexual drives emerge and Relates to individuals Peer Group Intense friendship with teens begin to explore more than group same sex Contact with ability to date and attract a Selection of partners opposite sex in groups partner based preference Pursue realistic vocational goals with training or career "Am I normal?"; employment Daydreaming Relate to family as Vocational goals change adult frequently Realization of own Begin to develop own limitations and Experimentation value system mortality behaviors Identity Development Emerging sexual Establishment of —sex, drugs, friends, jobs, feelings and sexual sexual identity and risk-taking exploration sexual activity is Imaginary audience; common Desire for privacy Establishment of Magnify own problems moral and ethical value "no one understands" system More capable of intimate and complex relationships Professor Robert Havighurst - identified eleven developmental tasks associated with the adolescent transition. 11 Adolescense Developmental tasks 1. The adolescent must adjust to a new physical sense of self. 2. The adolescent must adjust to new intellectual abilities. 3. The adolescent must adjust to increased cognitive demands at school. 4. The adolescent must develop expanded verbal skills. 5. The adolescent must develop a personal sense of identity. 6. The adolescent must establish adult vocational goals. 7. The adolescent must establish emotional and psychological independence from his or her parents. 8. The adolescent must develop stable and productive peer relationships. 9. The adolescent must learn to manage her or his sexuality. 10. The adolescent must adopt a personal value system. 11. The adolescent must develop increased impulse control and behavioral maturity.